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August 2, 2006

No record: Temperature tops out at 100 / Photo

Journal photo / John Freidah
John Viera of East Providence, with Cosco Fencing & Guardrail, cools off after working today along Route 95 north in Richmond.

PROVIDENCE -- While temperatures hit triple digits today, the city will not break the mark for the hottest Aug. 2 on record, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Alan Dunham.

As of 4 p.m. the temperature was at 100 degrees, recorded at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick.

"We may sneak up to 101, but that’s about it," said Dunham, who is based at the NWS office in Taunton, Mass. The record for today is 104.

An excessive heat warning for the region has been extended until 5 p.m. tomorrow, which is expected to be humid with highs in the 90s under partly-cloudy skies. Showers and thunderstorms are likely for the afternoon. Temperatures will drop into the 70s overnight, rising into the 80s on Friday.

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